foster carer

Chris and Mariesa with their special needs dogs

Awesome couple only adopt special needs rescue dogs (and lots of them)

by MikeB
September 2, 2021October 1, 2021

Chris and Mariesa Hughes live with 19 dogs and all of them are special needs. They run a very interesting and loving charity. They take… Read More »Awesome couple only adopt special needs rescue dogs (and lots of them)

Blossom a nervous little dog who blossomed under the care of a sensitive dog foster parent

Small scared dog rescued from hoarder and rehabilitated over 3 months

by MikeB
April 15, 2021

A little dog rescued from a hoarding situation is rehabilitated over a three-month period as she shakes in nervousness almost all the time and hides… Read More »Small scared dog rescued from hoarder and rehabilitated over 3 months

Brown crab

Underwater power cables cause crabs to sit still and their cells change

The Times reports today (Oct 11, 2021) that undersea electricity cables cause brown crab to sit still. It seems that ...
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Ducks in a row

Reason why ducklings swim in a nicely spaced row behind their mother

After seven years of thinking and research, Zhi-Ming Yuan, has figured out why ducklings swim in a neat, nicely spaced ...
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Canned fish from Russia

Canned fish from Russia

Some of the Reddit comments: In soviet Russia canned fish eats you! Looks like that fish came from Chernobyl. SOME ...
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Octopus for 36 p at Morrisons

36 pence for a dead baby octopus, one of the most amazing creatures to ever swim the seas

The words in the title are those of Justin Webb, 41, on Twitter. He is a charity worker and vegan ...
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Fish with human teeth

Fish with scary human teeth

The teeth are remarkably like a human's. This fish was apparently spotted by some beachgoers in the Outer Banks in ...
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Blue lobster

Blue lobsters are 1 in 2 million

People ask whether blue lobsters are poisonous, real or rare and even whether they are expensive. Lobsters are blue because ...
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Brown trout

Trout can become hooked on drugs

The Times reports that fish can become addicted to drugs like people. Dr. Pavel Horky, from Prague, in the Journal ...
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Bottlenose dolphin

Male dolphins form alliances to get and keep their new female partner

I recently wrote about male dolphins who remember other males who did not come to their aid when they needed ...
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